2026 Midterms - People Power: Bringing Out the Black Vote

90 million people did not vote that could have voted. And that was more people than the winning side had. So we're trying to get participation up. Scotty Smart is crisscrossing the streets of Atlanta with one goal in mind, to get out the black vote. I love Atlanta. I was raised in southwest Atlanta. So the community that we're going to now is in southwest Atlanta. I want to see this community have better resources. And you can get better resources for your community through community engagement and civic engagement and voting. The African-American activist is heading for an event to mobilize voters. We are where the party at. Our job is to make politics make sense for everyday people. And everyday people like the party. That's why we're at the polls. So we got party buses going to pick up college. They're going to be on here. The grill going all day. It's going to be 7 to 7, 12 hours, all day. We had 366 votes so far. Scottie's activism began in August 2014, shortly after Michael Brown, a teenager from Ferguson, Missouri, was killed by a police officer. Twelve years later, Scottie published his first book, All Power Back to the People. The way we talk about politics in America, it feels like it's for the upper class, and people talk over your head, and sometimes people are too embarrassed to ask the questions They don't want to feel belittled by someone by not knowing. So I wanted to write something that allowed them to read it and be like, connect the dots between this policy, your life, and people you're voting for. Amid a cost-of-living crisis, Scotty believes the people have the power in the 2026 midterms. This is one of the few times in this country where the government's decisions are affecting people directly, where they're seeing the cost of living go up, they're seeing everything change around them. racism is very prevalent and now you're seeing it the highest level at the highest of offices and they have really nothing to explain or any pushback for it they don't want what's best for people they want what's best for themselves so i unfortunately had to get to this point now people are saying oh this decision that this person made is affecting me in this way and so i think that is what's going to get turnout to its highest right now i'm hoping we have the highest voter turnout we've ever had in history in Georgia early voting ends on Friday Today, October 30th, ahead of the November 3rd election, Georgia's Democratic Senator John Ossoff is standing for re-election. It could be a crucial race for Democrats to regain the majority in the Senate.